Agriculture made the first cities possible — urban agriculture dates back to the first cities formed in Mesopotamia around 3500 B.C. — so it’s fitting that this ancient concept is now shaping urban areas of the future.

Is RAW:natural born artists on the cutting edge of artistic empowerment, or is it
profiting off the idea that inclusion in its network is the next step to
artistic relevance in exchange for a one-time fee? The reality likely lies somewhere in between.

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center celebrates 10 years with newfound financial support and a bold vision for the future

Leaders at the Freedom Center are celebrating the institution's 10-year
anniversary with a new president, a revised budget, a growing number of
national and international partnerships and big plans for the future.

The CEAs are a much bigger production
than people might assume, and while it might appear that some of us up
there were winging it at times (definitely true), we think that’s part
of what makes the event great.

Inspired by the Beats, other local musicians and early Post Punk, Mardou made waves in 2013

Mardou calls its music “Post Punk/Noise
Pop shit,” which is as good a descriptor as any. The fresh-faced local
quartet had a fruitful 2013,
dropping a pair of addictive EPs that recall myriad sonic antecedents (most
notably Joy Division and Sonic Youth) yet are intriguing enough on their
own to yield genuine excitement about what these guys might conjure
going forward.

National attention for Tweens promises to continue in 2014 with their debut album release

When Bridget Battle contemplates the
question of what she considers to be the high points of the past year
for Tweens, she flips through a mental Rolodex of memories that have
been forged with such volume and intensity it’s easy to see that they’ve
not yet been cataloged or quantified. “It’s so hard to go back and sometimes we don’t
even have time to stop and be like, ‘Whoa,’” she says.

Archer’s Paradox formed in 2012, and
it wasn’t long before the newly minted six-piece was making a name for
itself, grabbing a slot at the inaugural Bunbury Music Festival and
earning a growing number of converts.

In 2013, Belle Histoire’s Jane Smith planted new
musical seeds with her solo venture Decker while insisting Belle
Histoire was merely on hiatus. But when guitarist Austin Livingood
stepped up to the solo plate last summer and knocked his debut EP, The Weightless Anchor: By Plane (I), out of the park, the writing was on the wall.